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all rail route to Lampasas, Brown
wood, Coleman and Ballinger
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foot slipped, and he fell several feet,
lodging in hayloft.
He was not hurt by the fall, and when
he saw where he was, concluded that it
was fortunate accident, and was thank
full at having stumbled upon this place OF
safety. No one would ever think OF look
ing for him there; the Lord had guided
his footsteps. But it wa 8 long while be-
fore he ceased to tremble; on every side
he could hear the cries OF the brutal
soldiers "Kill, Kill the Huguenotsl' And
everywhere we're the screams OF the muir
dered and dying Professionals, 1t made
his blood run cold to think OF the wicked
work that was being done. M. Merlin
had kept his Bible with him as he fed,
and as he lay there in the hay loft, we
can imagine him turning over the pages
and comforting himself with the precious
promises in the sacred word. The hours
passed slowly, and he began to grow hun
CRY, but did not dare to leave his retreat
for fear of discovery. which, of course,
meant death. Starvation stared him in the
face il he remained there; however, he
preferred to trust to Gods mercy rather
than mans.
As he lay there, exhausted and almost
helpless, M. Merlin heard light rus
Ting upon the hay like that OF some OBJ
ject stepping carefully over the loft.
Had his enemies tracked him thither,
and were they coming to capture him?
He glanced fearfully out from beneath
the hay with which he had covered him
self. He felt greatly relieved to see only
hen that was evidently hunting for
nest. Soon everything was quiet again.
The secretive fowl retired after while
as stealthily as it had appeared, not even
making cackle, much to the fugitives
relief.
"Surely," thought M. Merlin, "the
Lord is feeding me, for he has sent his
fowls to provide for his servant"
And he crawled very carefully ont Of the
hay and crept to the nest, which was near
by. In it we're three shining white eggs.
He broke the shells of two and ate them.
leaving one for nest egg, hoping that
Biddy would come again.
And Biddy did come the next day, sure
enough, and laid another egg, much to
Merlin's great Joy and need, for he was
very hungry. Three days he remained
concealed in the hay, and each day his
friendly visitor laid an egg for his dinner.
This was all the food he had, but it
saved him from starvation. On the night
of the third day he managed to get safely
away and found sure haven in the
house of friend. He lived many years
after this, but 90 not think he ever for
got how hen was once the messenger OF
heaven to bring comfort and relief in
time of great tribulation.- Congregation
0list.
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prophecy of the success that was to at
tend his efforts later in life?
What William Shakespeare did, he did
thoroughly, and as horse boy or play
wright made absolute perfection his aim.
1t may be that at present many of you
are too young to understand and appre-
ciate some of his greatest work; but as
you read and learn to love play after
play, pause and consider the amount OF
study, the tremendous application, the
untiring labor, the research and the in
vestigation, that each of these dramas
must have cost him. Harper's Young
PeODle.
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You Garry

A whole medicine chest in your pocket,
with one box of Ayers Pills. As they
operate directly on the stomach and
bowels, they indirectly affect every
other organ of the body. When the
stomach is out of order, the head is
affected, digestion fails, the blood be-
comes impoverished, and you fall an
easy victim to any prevalent disease.
Miss M. E. Boyle, of Wilkesbarre, Pa,
puts the whole truth in a nutshell, when
she says: 81 use no other medicine
than Ayers Pills. They are all that
any one needs, and just splendid to save
money in doctors bills"
Here is an instance of
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-05-28
Our Yonmg Beople.
TIT-FOR-TAT.

llI-F Oh- Al
This is what boy OF ten wrote after
joining the Audubon Society:
There was bird that lived in spring,
And he had a beauteous feathery wing,
And a beautiful voice to rejoice and sing;
He could fly up to the sky.
And see the moon with his little eye.
1t happened one day that cruel hunter came
that way,
And he shot the bird with the feathery wing;
And he stood and laughed with scorn.
Because the Audubon Society was born.
Then down came condor, quick as light
With his broad black wings as dark as night;
He took the cruel hunter in his beak
And few to his nest in the rocky peak.
Then that awful condor, he
Made his breakfast and dinner and tea
Of the man who laughed with scorn
When the Audubon Society was born.
You know Audubon was the man who
knew and wrote 80 much about birds,
and loved them as WELL 1t is very fitting
that the Society for the Protection OF
Birds should take his name. II you want
to know more about the society, and to
get some OF the pledges to sign, and,
after you have signed, to receive the
society pretty certificates, you have only
to send your address to the Audubon So
ciety, No. 40 Park Row, New York.
1t seems strange that any one needs to
pledge himself not to kill and torment
the beautiful creatures that fill our woods
and gardens with life and music. Ii it
were snakes, now, or rats, or flies, one
might be tempted to exterminate them.
But birds-boys will call it sport to rob
them of their homes, their young, and
their joyous life. But after all, it isn't
nesting or hunting that is killing off the
birds. 1t is decking out the toilets OF.
the boys mammas and sisters that is
costing the birds their existence, at the
rate Of millions yearly.
"Oh, you wicked, bad, cruel boyT' ex-
claimed a young lady sister one day last
spring, when her brother Tom came in, a
thrush's callow brood huttering in his
cap.
81 like that, Miss Feathertop," retorted
the wicked, bad, cruel boy, "Look at
your head, fit for an Injun chief on the
war-path. I'm going to raise these fell
lows, if you or mother don't wiring their
necks to trim your bonnets."
Look out, girls, or the boys will be
making verses in which you will figure
as the cruel hunter whom an awful con.
dor teaches the lesson of tit-for-tat.-St
Nicholas for May.
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my life. I didn't come here to go away"
Evidently there was no getting rid of
Pluck, and he was allowed to stay.
After he gained his point he settled
down to business, and asked some OF the
students to help him with his lessons in
the evenings. They formed syndicate
OF six. That was good old DIR. Hamlin's
way, 80 none of the boys found it bur-
den to help Pluck one evening in week.
1t was success on both sides; the boys
we're patient and kind, and Pluck was as
painstaking and persevering in his les
sons as in other things, 30 that he made
great progress.
After some weeks he asked to be ex-
amined to enter the preparatory class.
"Do you expect" asked the President.
"to compete with those boys who have
many weeks the start Of you? And" he
continued, "you can't go into class in
sheepskins; all the boys would cry 'baa. ;"
eyes, sir, I know" Pluck said; "but
the boys have promised to help me out.
One will give me coat, another trous-
ers, and 30 on"
Nothing could keep back boy like
that, who overcame all the obstacles in
his way.
After the examination, the President
said to Professor Long:
"Can that boy get into that CLASP"
eyes," was the reply. 'But that class
can't get into that boy"
1t was not all plain sailing yet. AL
though Pluck had passed the examina-
ton he had no money, and the rules of
the college required each student to pay
two hundred dollars year. That was a
question in mathematics that puzzled the
good President.
81 WISH" said Professor Long, "that
the college would hire Pluck to help me
in the laboratory and give him hundred
dollars a year. He has proved himself
very deft and neat in helping me there,
and it would give me much more time
for other things"
Pluck became the Professors assistant,
and was perfectly delighted with his good
fortune. But where was the other hun
dred coming from?
President Washburn sent an account
of Pluck's poverty and great desire for
an education to DIR. Hamlin, the ex-Pres-
ident of Robert College, who was in
America. The DR.. told the story to a
friend one day, and she was SO much in
terested that she said:
ST would like to give the other hun
dred."
And that's the way Pluck gained the
wish of his heart.
He proved the truth of the old saying,
that "where there is will there is way"
But his way was SO hedged in that no
boy without strong will and great per-
severance would have found it.
OF course such boy would succeed.
To-day Pluck is head master of one of
the schools in his own country.-Frarak
E. Loring, in Independent.
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THE HERO AND THE HEN.

A little more than 300 years ago there
were terrible times in France. A relig-
ious war was going on, and all over the
country, there we're battles and sieges
and many cruel things being done, and a
great many good people lost their livee.
No one knows all the misery it caused, for
often family would be divided, part be-
ing Catholic who believed in the pope,
and portion Protestant who did not be-
lieve In the pope at all.
After a while hostilities ceased, and a
hollow peace was patched up between
the contending parties. Hollow enough
and false it was, indeed, on one side.
The Huguenots, as the Protestants were
called for many years, now numbered
some of the bravest and noblest men in
France among their chiefs. Two or
three of the royal family were inclined to
their principles, but their most devoted
adherent was the grand admiral, Gaspard
de Coligni. He was now about sixty
years old, gray headed, grave, benevo-
lent nobleman, who, you would think,
could have had no enemies. But good
man is always hated by the evil disposed.
and the pious Coligni, who at one time
had saved France in great battle, had
two bitter and deadly enemies. One
of these was the Duke OF Guise, reck-
less young nobleman of twenty-five; the
other was the queen mother, Catherine
de Medici, selfish and ambitious wo.
man of fitty-fve. These two persons,
with several other Catholic leaders, de-
vised horrible plot by which they
hoped to get rid of Coligni and at the same
time strengthen Catholicism. This was
nothing less than to organize band of
soldiery, and at stated time, when
everybody was unsuspicious and asleep,
let them loose upon the populace with
orders to slaughter all the Huguenots
they found.
Everything was favorable for carrying
this horrible scheme into execution, and
one summer night, Aug. 25, 1872, the
massacre of st. Bartholomew began. 1t
was fearful, fearful time. Men, women,
and little children were butchered; no.
body was spared unless he was Catholic
and wore a cross on his hat or arm
Almost the first person killed was Colig-
nj. He had been shot at and wounded
two days before by some one who evil
IDENTIFY meant to kill him, and the admir-
al was i'll with sort of fever consequent
from the wound. When the first alarm
was heard, his chaplain, M. Merlin was
with him reading the Scriptures. A
number of persons rushed into the cham
Der, announcing that the court yard was
full of soldiery.
"Say me a prayer, M. Merlin" said
Coligni, 81 commit my soul to the Say.
Jour-"
In few moments the mob was heard
coming up the stairway.
"Save yourselves, my friend" cried
the aged admiral. "You will have time
AS for me, they can only shorten my life
few days"
The good clergyman and the others
ran upstairs and got out of the house
through the things of the roof. Each
fed a different way. Merlin with bis
Bible under his arm, clambered over the
roofs of the houses in a direction from
the Louvre. In attempting to jump
from one to another in the darkness, his
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-05-28
A Physician

who lost his medicine chest, but, having
at hand bottle of Ayers Pills, found
himself fully equipped.-J. Arrison,
NJ. d., of San Jose, Cal, writes:
"Some three years ago, by the merest
accident, 1 was forced, so to speak,
to prescribe Ayers Cathartic Pills for
several sick men among party of engi-
neers in the Sierra Nevada mountains,
my medicine chest having been lost in
crossing a mountain torrent. 1 was
surprised and delighted at the action of
the Pills, SO much so, indeed, that was
led to further trial of them, as well as
of your Cherry Pectoral and Sarsapa-
rilla. have nothing but praise to offer
in their favor
John w. Brown, M. D., of Oceana,
WA, writes: 81 prescribe Ayers Pills
in my practice, and find them excellent.
1 urge their general use in families
L. e. Hastings, M. D., of Baltimore,
Md, writes: "That Ayers Pills do con-
troll and cure the complaints for which
they are designed, is as conclusively
proven to me as anything possibly can be.
They are the best cathartic and aperi.
ent within the reach of the profession"
Ayers Pills,
PREPARED BY
Or. J. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
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Bobby (returned from an errsnd),
Ma, Miss Smith is gettin' blind, I
think" Mother: why, Bobby?" Bobby:
Because when I went into the hall she
said, Bobby, where's your hatY and
there it was on my head all the time"
-"Ma," anxiously inquired small
boy, sis tapestry like turkey?" "Why
no! What put that into your headY
"Well, it says something here about a
Gobeln tapestry, any way"
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-11
Birds KiIled by Lfberty,s Limit

The torch bearing goddess of Bedloe's
Island does not trim her hat with hum
birds, nor adorn her robes with
the bright plumage of feathered crea.
lures. She is, nevertheless, an innocent
cause of death to great many birds. OF
all sizes and colors, and representing
numerous species, without discrimina.
ton. The fatal instrument OF dccoy
and destruction is the vast cluster OF
electric lights which she holds aloft in
her right hand, 300 feet above the
waters of the sen, and whose powerful
rays are visible to the human eve
at a distance OF nearly forty miles.
This is the season of migration
and the number of winged wanderers OF
the air that dash themselves against
the deceptive beacon, and fall back
stunned or dead is almost incredible.
One morning recently, after the first
cold wave had set the birds fyipo
southwark, the officers on the island
picked up no less than 1, 375 downv lit
tie dead bodies. Many of them were
beautiful creatures, and the sight was
pitiful. There were among them speci.
mems OF more than one hundred distinct
species The largest bird was Cana
dian woodpccker. measuring thirteen
inches from wing to wing. The smallest
was an exquisite little humming- bird,
one inch long.
An examination proved that the heat
OF the light had blinded the unfortunate
creatures. In some cases their brains
were actually roaste l. Comparatively
few OF them were dashed to death, but
nearly all were fatally burned and
blinded. --- Frank Leslie's
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R0 ~ boo.

In whatever nature may have been
sparing as regards natural resources in
this country, she has evidently compen-
stated for by bcstowing it upon the ham,
boo plant. There are no less than fifty
varieties of the bamboo, the growth Of
which is favored 10y certain localities,
and each is possessed of some special
quality adapting it to the manufacture
of useful articles. For instance, the sui
chuck (water bamboo), growing in
swamps and ponds. is very tall, straight
and light, and it is largely employed in
the framework OF sails, and in the man
ufacture of cheap baskets, joss sticks,
etc. The young and tender shoots Of
this variety are also used for food. The
tai chuck, which grows to a
great height, furnishes poles used in the
propelling of boats through narrow
canals or shallow waters. In crowded
river like the Canton, where it is often
impossible to use the oars, the boat is
moved along either by touching the
the river bed with the long bamboo or
by hooking on to the other craft. A
long and flexible variety called n'gon
chuck makes the best boat hooks,
which, in the larger coolie ports, like
Swallow and Annoy, are employed in a
novel method Of boarding steamers.
When coolic steamer from the south
arrives, several hundred sampans will
rush alongside, and the occupants,
hooking on TO the gunwale or rail-
ing, grasp the slender bamboo with
the hands, and, with feet against the
side of the vessel, they Chamber on
board the biggest iron steamers with the
agility of monkeys. In fact, these
sampan people, in their haste to solicit
the patronage OF their returned brethren,
| scorn a gangway ladder when bamboo
| boat hook is venient. Mai chuck
| carrying pole bamboo) is of extreme
toughness, and with these poles all mer-
chandise and movable property on land
are transferred from one point to
another on the shoulders of coolies.
The pan chuck is used in making chop
sticks, fat too chuck for walking canes,
guam yum chuck for pens, while other
species, even including the thorny and
dwarfish lac chuck, growing on rocky
hills, have such II variety of purpose s
that a large volume might be filled with
! their description. One kind is made
into ropes and rigging for junks, or is
woven into hats, mats and sails, while
the long leaves of another are made into
! picturesque looking cooIie rain coats.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-11
era Ueydrd Plants.

Asphodel roots rank with acorns as a
prehistoric, but now discarded article of
human food. They were, it is likely,
freely consumed by the earliest inhabi-
tants OF Greece, before The cultivation
of cereals had been introduced from the
east. There is little fear of error in as
Stunning that the later Achaian immi-
grants found them already consecrated
by traditional usage to the sustenance of
the dead. Perhaps because the i'm
memorial antiquity of their diet
airy employment impaired to them
an idea of sacredness; or, pos
sibly, because the slightness
of the nourishment they afforded was
Judged suitable to the maintenance of
the unsubstantial life of ghosts. At any
rate, the custom became firmly es-
tabiished of planting graves with aspho-
del, with a view to making provision
for their silent and helpless, yet still
needy inmates. With changed associa-
tions the custom still exists in Greece.
and, very remarkably, has been found to
prevail in Japan, where a species OF
asphodel is stated to be cultivated in
cemeteries, and placed, blooming in pots,
on gravestones We can scarcely doubt
that the same train of thought
here rs in Greece originally prompted
its selection for sepulchral uses. I'm
questionably some Of the natives Of the
Congo district plant manioc on the
graves of their dead with no other than
a provisioning design. The same may
he said Of the cultivation of certain
fruit trees in the burial grounds of the
South Sea Islanders. One of these bears
an insipid but eatabc fruit, and is held
sacred in Otaheite under the name Of
'Purataruru. The Terminalia glabrosa
fills Tor filed Is century ago. an analo-
gous position in the Society Islands. 1t
yields a nut resembling IN almond,
doubtless regarded as acceptable to
phantasmal palates 80 Macmillan.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-11
One of The Lost 1r,s.

"There is some unfermented wine. ("
said New York wine importer "that
will keep rs long ne is desired"
'Is there anything peculiar about the
method Of kecping"
ooh, yes. The pure juice of the
grape is pressed into the bottles. Then
some olive oil is poured in at the top Of
each bottle. This efectuaIly excludes
the air, and none can work down into
the wine to fcrment it. At the same
time any air that was in the juice finds
its way up through the oil"
'Is this new discovery
eyes, it has been brought into use
within few years"
"But one would suppose the oil would
How into the glass when the bottle was
put in use"
"That is prevented by sopping up the
oil with cotton when the bottle is un.
corked. The cotton absorbs it little by
little. All that is needed is a little pa
thence"
The reporter Of the Mail and Express
mentioned the matter to a doctor Of di-
vinity noted for his researches in ancient
history and the manners and customs Of
nations
That is real discovery, said nc.
''That is one Of the lost arts that Wen
dell Philips did not mention in his ceio.
bratcd lecture This art Of Keeping IN
fcrmentcd wine was practiscd by the
Egyptians many years before Christ.
But il was lost 1t has now been re.
dis ovcred and is coming into genera
use. in. Y. Mail.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-11

The series OF railroad accidents Of last
winter, with the attendant ire horrors.
impelled the Massachusetts, legislature
to pass law requiring the companies to
abandon the use of common stoves for
car heating purposes and substitute sys-
TENS of heating approved by TIE rail
road commissioners. The law was TO
take effect Immediately. Under the
act, the railroads of the state are very
generally supplying themselves with inn
proved systems, though, as yet, steam
heating from the engine has not been
introduced, owing to practical diff
culties in the way.
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SADDTIERY Y.

were greeted with n ackening stencil.
Surprising tho odor was caused 10y some
dead animal they called their dog and
turned away. The dog came running
TO them with n silk cap, Of the hind
worn by railroad men, in its mouth.
Clin0ing 10 the cap were tufts of HAIR.
This looked rather suspicious, and the
hunters began an investigation. As they
neared the site Of the old dance hous'
the stencil became dreadful. The dog
led them 20 the rear Of the ruins, and
there, under some rotton logs and but
partly covered with earth, they made 2
find so CHASTITY that they nearly tainted.
The decomposed bodies Of seven murd'
cred men lay under the logsl
The bodies were in all conceivable
shapes and attitudes. Some were curled
mp ON their sides, others 10y prone on
their backs, some wefedoulled in extra
ordinary positions, but oil showed hor-
rible wounds. The hunters notified the
authorities, and the investigation was
ended to-day, and tho murdered seven
were buried in one grave. The bodies
were so badly dccomposed that idcntiiiiii-
cation was impossible In al prohnmn'
~ the foul murders viii never be ayon8
ed.